FLUORINE PLASMA MODIFICATION OF FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE LINERS

Award Information

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency

Branch: N/A

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 3507

Amount: $150,000.00

Phase: Phase II

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1987

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

Tekmat Corp

200 Homer Ave

Ashland, MA 01721

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Phone: () -

Business Contact

Name: LAWRENCE A. MURRAY
Title: PRESIDENT
Phone: (617) 881-6771

Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IS AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT CONCERN. THIS RESEARCH ADDRESSES THE TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVENTING CONTAMINATION BY IMPROVING THE DESIGN OF POLYMER LINERS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WASTE DISPOSAL CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS. POLYMERS CURRENTLY USED FOR FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE LINERS WILL BE TREATED WITH A FLUORINE GAS PLASMA TO MODIFY THEIR FURFACES. THE NOVEL MATERIALS PRODUCED WILL RETAIN THE BULK PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ORGINAL MATERIALS, BUT WILL HAVE REDUCED GAS AND WATER PERMEABILITY,INCREASED THERMAL STABILITY, AND OZONE AND WEATHERING RESISTANCE, INCREASED CHEMICAL AND MOISTURE RESISTANCE, TO ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS, AND INCREASED RESIST ANCE TO HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS, FUELS, AND OILS.

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FLUORINE PLASMA MODIFICATION OF FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE LINERS